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Bounds named 2021 Outstanding Recent Graduate by MUWAA

Symone Bounds, of Flowood, is the 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Recent Graduate Award from the Mississippi University for Women Alumni Association.

Tribune Person of the Week: Akira DeLoach 04/29/21

Clarke County is full of talented and extremely intelligent youth. One of these amazing youth is Akira DeLoach.

Manuel-Goff Head Start celebrates Week of the Young Child

The Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc.

Congratulations, Graduates!

QHS held their annual 2020 and 2021 Special Needs graduation ceremony, April 20, 2021, at the Multipurpose Building.

April is Organ Donation Awareness Month

April is a month set aside to help raise awareness for organ donation. Through organ donation, a tragedy for one family is able to provide the miracle needed for another family.

‘In a Different Key’
By Bobby Pepper, 288 Reads
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 09:31 AM
Film about autism wins best documentary prize at Oxford Film Festival

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Education is making a comeback in Mississippi prisons to reach pre-pandemic operations through stepped-up re-entry programs.

Inmates complete college courses and High school equivalency programs at two state prisons
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On Thu, 05/13/2021 - 10:13 AM
Education is making a comeback in Mississippi prisons to reach pre-pandemic operations through stepped-up re-entry programs.
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Opinion: Broadband becoming a state reality
By Dawn Starns McVea, 2,382 Reads
Thu, 05/13/2021 - 08:01 PM
Right now, Mississippi ranks 42nd in the country when it comes to broadband access. Broadband is fast internet, and without it, local businesses can’t compete, and communities have a tough time attracting jobs.
Thankfully, that’s beginning to change.
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Mississippi Supreme Court strikes down medical marijuana initiative
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On Fri, 05/14/2021 - 02:15 PM
In a 6-3 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has struck down Initiative 65 which provided for medical marijuana in Mississippi.
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Opinion: Covid crime surge focusing leaders on solutions
By Wyatt Emmerich, 152 Reads
Thu, 05/13/2021 - 03:19 PM
I attended both town hall meetings recently on Jackson’s high murder rate.
The good news: There was very little disagreement among anyone at the meetings. People are upset about the high murder rate and want action. There were a lot of recommendations, none of which were mutually exclusive.
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Valley North Subdivision resident Caroline Dace offers advice to Democratic U.S. Senate challenger Mike Espy on exactly where she’d like him to place his campaign sign in her yard on Oct. 23, 2020. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Democratic National Committee to invest in Mississippi, other red-state parties
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 179 Reads
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 09:27 AM
The Democratic National Committee and Democratic state parties have reached a four-year agreement to guarantee more investment in state political infrastructure, including a “Red State Fund” for GOP-controlled states such as Mississippi.
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Mississippians age 12 and up can now receive COVID-19 vaccines
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 267 Reads
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 09:39 AM
The use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has opened up to children as young as 12 in Mississippi, offering a way to protect the nation’s adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities .
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : May 14, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 155 Reads
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 03:17 PM
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs discusses distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during a press conference at the Woolfolk Building in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Dr. Dobbs: Get vaccine or get COVID-19
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 2,005 Reads
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 03:45 PM
As Mississippi continues to rank last in the nation in the share of its population that has been vaccinated, the message from the state’s top health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs is clear: get vaccinated or get COVID-19.
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